| Least harsh |
GENTLEST |
| Leather punchers |
AWLS |
| Letters learned first |
ABC |
| Like 35-Across |
EASY |
| Like a 1901 penny |
OLD |
| Like a fashionista's best stuff |
CHIC |
| Like a light-providing candle |
LIT |
| Like a mouth hanging open in shock |
AGAPE |
| Mascara's host |
LASH |
| Metal-eating liquid |
ACID |
| Mild-mannered |
MEEK |
| Person keeping the bride's family together? |
USHER |
| Pins on violins |
PEGS |
| Place for a bio class |
LAB |
| Place for a castaway |
ISLE |
| Poetic tribute |
ODE |
| Purple fruit |
PLUM |
| Rapid-fire weapon |
UZI |
| Reason stars might collide? |
EGO |
| Safety device for stair climbers |
RAIL |
| Santa place? |
ANA |
| Seriously spooky |
EERIE |
| Singer's device, informally |
MIKE |
| Skateboarder's elevator? |
RAMP |
| Smell like rotten cabbage |
REEK |
| Stare off into the distance |
GAZE |
| Successfully reached, as a deadline |
MET |
| Suffix with "bass" or "tour" |
IST |
| Teeny amount |
IOTA |
| Things worn on Hawaiian Islands |
LEIS |
| Top for a plastic container |
LID |
| Type of instinct |
GUT |
| Way of operating |
METHOD |
| You can skate on it |
ICE |